#238B9E#238B9E

#238B9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.094 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B9E
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 12%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, -21.93, -18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 28.61, 219.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% -0.0786 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.094 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.0947, 21.2892, 35.6021)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B9E #9E3623

analogous

#239E73 #238B9E #234E9E

triadic

#238B9E #9E238B #8B9E23

tetradic

#238B9E #73239E #9E3623 #4E9E23

square

#238B9E #73239E #9E3623 #4E9E23

split-complementary

#238B9E #9E234E #9E7323

monochromatic

#0D333A #185F6C #238B9E #2EB7D0 #60C9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#238B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#238B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B9E

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B9E	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.094 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adba',
    500: '#238b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b9e;
$custom-light: #73adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.268,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58846,
    "c": 0.09382,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B9E

secondary

#C16C5C

accent

#5B41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B9E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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